Early Medieval & Viking (AD 400–1200)

The early medieval period is the most commonly represented in Irish cave assemblages, with an interesting corpus of Viking material also recovered underground.

Dowd, M. 2015. The Archaeology of Caves in Ireland. Oxbow, Oxford (Chapter 8). Download book here (free)

Bergsvik, K.A. and Dowd, M. 2018. Caves and Ritual in Medieval Europe, AD 500–1500. Oxbow, Oxford. Download book here (free)

Dowd, M. 2018. Saintly associations with caves in Ireland from the early medieval period (AD 400–1169) through to recent times. In: K.A. Bergsvik and M. Dowd (eds.) Caves and Ritual in Medieval Europe, 116–130. Oxbow, Oxford. Read here

Dowd, M., Lynch, E., Hogan, C., McCarthy, M., Tesorieri, M., Hogan, D. and O’Connell, T. 2024. Excavations in Poll Bunker, Co. Clare: a(nother) multi-period cave site in the Burren. Journal of Irish Archaeology 33, 73–94. Read here

Dowd, M.A., Lynch, L.G. and McCarthy, M. 2007. Recent archaeological discoveries in Dunmore Cave, County Kilkenny: further questions regarding Viking age activity. Old Kilkenny Review 59, 7–17. Read here

Dowd, M.A. 2002. Kilgreany, Co. Waterford: biography of a cave. The Journal of Irish Archaeology 11, 77–97. Read here

Dowd, M., Kennedy, A., Kozłowski, A. and Moore, S. 2011. Creevy Cave. Extreme archaeology: going underground in Monaghan. Archaeology Ireland 25 (2), 36–39. Read here

Other

Dowd, M. and Lynch, L. 2016. A violent death in early medieval Sligo. Sligo Field Club Journal 2, 33–45. Read here

Dowd, M. 2018. Resurgam. The Cormorant: a Broadsheet of Fiction and Poetry 1, 27. Read here

Dowd, M. 2021. Ballysadare: Resurgam. In: S. Golden, R. Hensey, E. McNamee, U. Mannion and M. Sullivan (eds.) The Book of Sligo, 5. Read here

Dowd, M.A. and Fairburn, N. 2005. Excavations at Farranastack, Co. Kerry: evidence for the use of shaft furnaces in Medieval iron production. The Journal of Irish Archaeology 14, 115–121. Read here